The story as it was presented by the Dutch media didn't sound credible so I only accepted that something serious happened. I have not yet found a convincing account. One curious suggestion I heard was that it resulted from an action organized by pick pockets to make their trade easier. I'll just wait for more reliable news.
What the Heck?! Thread (Closed)
- Thread starter TerraN_EmpirE
- Start date
- Status
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
One Simply Doesn't Walk into Russia.......
At least they had a sense of Humor
Google Translate 'technical error' labels Russia as evil kingdom of 'Mordor'
Published January 06, 2016
File photo - A logo is pictured at Google's European Engineering Center in Zurich April16, 2015. (REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)
Russia is home to the Lord of the Rings’ fiery, evil kingdom of Mordor, and its foreign minister is a “sad little horse,” according to a Google Translate “technical error” that left the search giant scrambling.
Internet users began noticing the translations in the service’s Ukrainian to Russian function over the weekend, and posted screenshots on social media, The Telegraph reports.
Among the translations: Russians are “occupiers” -- an apparent reference to its annexation of Crimea -- Russia is “Mordor” and the surname of Sergey Lavrov is “grustnaya loshadka”, or “sad little horse”.
In the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which began nearly two years ago, Ukrainian soldiers and activists have often referred to Russia as “Mordor,” the lair of chaos in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy epic, according to The Telegraph.
An embarrassed Google said in a statement to Russia media that the mistranslations were due to a “technical error."
“When Google Translate creates an automatic translation, it uses examples from hundreds of millions of documents, in order to distinguish which variant is most appropriate,” the company said.
The bug appeared fixed on Tuesday.
At least they had a sense of Humor
Equation
Lieutenant General
How would raping and sexual assaulting someone make pick pocketing easier? Their trade is to stay anonymous when they robbed their victims.
Jura The idiot
General
hey delft, who told you this? it's
What the Heck?! News
Thread, so why don't you share that story with us?
Well, Jura, I have now read the following in several places, and it has been confirmed.
According to the Koeln Police Chief, Wolfgang Albers, the perpetrators were from "North Africa and Arab countries". Then, Arnold Plickert, Vice President of the police union in North Rhine-Westphalia defended Albers MDR interview, saying, "This is just right, we must know who did this and it must also not be denied. To do so would go in a completely wrong direction. Whoever lives in our system of values, has to follow them. Whoever commits such offenses, our system must show its limits."
Apparently, women that night were surrounded and robbed by groups of up to 40 men, who then also sometimes committed group sexual assaults, including rape, against them.
But the Koeln Mayor, Henriette Reker, who was a strong proponent of the massive immigration, rejected a link between the violence and the immigration and refugee situation.
Read more in German here on Tage Spiegel :
Guys, this behavior is atrocious and unacceptable in any civilized country.
It is now well established that in Koeln and other cities, that many woman were sexually assaulted and quite a few raped by groups of young African and Arabian men on New Year's.
A very lamentable part is the reaction from some of the politicians , like this Mayor.
Apparently she feels that she must defend her immigration and refugee stance, and try and distance that stance from what happened. But the facts are what they are and the Police Chief, and the Police Union have made it clear what happened.
So now, this mayor, says that European women should have a better code of conduct to prevent the assaults and rapes...in essence, blaming the victims.
I find this almost unbelievable, and something that will only promote more of the same.
If any particular cultures are generating such behavior, then immigration should screen for things that lead to these actions and not allow them into the nation. It is folly to do so, and then think that all of a sudden people who have been raised a certain way, when being introduced to western culture will suddenly change and reform.
This is only putting their own citizens in danger. I do not care what culture it is...what color the people are...what is important for any leader is to protect your own citizens. My guess is that the women who were assaulted themselves came from different ethnicities and races. All of them should be protected on the streets and in the squares of their cities.
Last edited:
Jura The idiot
General
hold it, Jeff, in my post
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/what-the-heck-news.t6588/page-154#post-382823
I reacted only to the sentence
Wednesday at 10:52 PM
and I tried to indicate I reacted only to this sentence (as this sentence is, in my opinion, preposterous, but I might be wrong, so I basically asked delft for his source:
Last edited:
An answer: I heard the remark about pickpockets on the radio without back story.
The problem with the whole story is that it is not being told. We are waiting for more information!
One problem in at least several Western European countries is a lack of police manpower. This was complained about by the Cologne police and public. Yesterday it was remarked on my Dutch radio station that abolishing railway police, part of a chaotic and expensive police reorganization meant to save money, let to dangerous situations for railway workers but that no solution would be available. I often hear on BBC Radio 4 stories about British police incompetence.
I think that the economic situation doesn't allow sufficient taxes to be raised, just as a reasonable interest rate would be "damaging" to the economy as if the resulting malinvestment resulting from the sickly low interest rate is not damaging. Also think of the results of the low interest rates on the ability of pension funds to pay the promised pensions. These pensions should be raised to keep in step with inflation. Recently several pensions were even decreased!
In other words the economy is in much worse shape than governments dare acknowledge.
Just some remarks about the current situation.
The problem with the whole story is that it is not being told. We are waiting for more information!
One problem in at least several Western European countries is a lack of police manpower. This was complained about by the Cologne police and public. Yesterday it was remarked on my Dutch radio station that abolishing railway police, part of a chaotic and expensive police reorganization meant to save money, let to dangerous situations for railway workers but that no solution would be available. I often hear on BBC Radio 4 stories about British police incompetence.
I think that the economic situation doesn't allow sufficient taxes to be raised, just as a reasonable interest rate would be "damaging" to the economy as if the resulting malinvestment resulting from the sickly low interest rate is not damaging. Also think of the results of the low interest rates on the ability of pension funds to pay the promised pensions. These pensions should be raised to keep in step with inflation. Recently several pensions were even decreased!
In other words the economy is in much worse shape than governments dare acknowledge.
Just some remarks about the current situation.
Last edited:
Jura The idiot
General
thanks, delft ... if you had mentioned a radio, I would've let it be
... a moment ago I noticed
Cologne police chief 'relieved of his duties' after New Year sex attacks
source:
my ranting started withJust some remarks about the current situation.
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/europe-refugee-crisis.t7856/page-17#post-374641
and went on
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/europe-refugee-crisis.t7856/page-17#post-374641
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/europe-refugee-crisis.t7856/page-18#post-374824
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/europe-refugee-crisis.t7856/page-18#post-374863
Last edited:
No problem, Jura. I was not countering your post.
I was just replying to you ad a way to give my own comments on the situation.
Very sad indeed...but not surprising.
This is what happens when Political Correctness goes amok and so the Chief, who simply told the truth, is relieved by a politician who is wholly invested in a narrative that cannot countenance what is actually happening.
Well, she cannot "relieve" the Police Union Vice President who verified the Chiefs statements...and I bet there is a law suite waiting to happen between that Chief and the City.
- Status